Young Great Horned Owl

Gallery: AvianPosted February 18, 2010601 views9 comments

Last summer we had a family of Great Horned Owls hanging out at a place where you could get some decent looks. This is one of the youngsters. This is about a 50% crop from the original. I chose a square crop to help emphasize the face and those eyes.

Larger Version included for critical critique.

Canon 50D, 500mm f/4 with 1.4x TC
1/160 @ f/5.6
ISO 400
580 EX flash at -1 2/3

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 19, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Wow! Detail to the MAX! I love the tranluscence of the "horns"! VERY well done! Sharon

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 19, 2010 at 7:03 AM

Great detail here Keith. I like the up close comp.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM

Great details and haunting eyes !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 19, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Beautiful portrait, Keith. I like the square crop.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on February 19, 2010 at 12:13 PM

A very nice portrait. Those eyes are very compelling.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 19, 2010 at 1:09 PM

Absolutely love it. The larger image is amazing

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 19, 2010 at 1:48 PM

Keith,

I like your choice of a squarish comp, it does accentuate the eyes very nicely. What I love though is the translucency of the "horns", that is amazing.

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Comment posted by István Pénzes on February 19, 2010 at 3:34 PM

Great details and look, Keith. Nice capture.

István pénzes
Hungary

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 19, 2010 at 10:00 PM

WOWWWW. I was almost afraid to open the larger version. When the small one popped up it made me gasp. I was afraid I'd quite breathing when the larger one opened. The irises are incredible. Did I say WOW?

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